Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.

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dias Agri~at s-d Gcsia -
Bu'lesn n No. 3. o tie E.@v57@ -
versty Lafayette nl). gv3s an -
count of VIII al exp, iusa.s. Forty
nc d emily I1a.npd shests ENs
sown s,ic b. side urde. coed ii ina -
nearly dent cal asl co I'D De ,.vs.sn
sert mtcr 24-G. with two-lora d.
nj the rate OF one b .siel pe3 saSA
Aga the Velvet t'haf tskss the ks,A
yield ng near y 30 bis ics - ;Es hsa
weigh ng near 50 pounl't .as b4&sA
This d,-criDei ~, bsi. -, .-e~srs,
W IN ) rong straw AMI large. rel greiAo
rem NJ june q. AL G Gie Ve,yso
Cha wi,cats VIII clI we h : ~ -, ~
late, and ihs n.a |. m idfw IN "a, kee.
acls shr vel. ID eli Med !e,raneaa
yicded " hn hal. wsi,h a, Dpounda.
TIE straw VIE. Every strong. tho
grain large an rel. Il pen u July
Z. 1wo d erent k l. called aichigas
Anlnr were rails d. The first y ehed
23 b. sh is. Go p und,), r pen NJ
une ~, strong straw. smootk
I'd mclium red grail. The orher
ielded 26 bus ,els %, p und dn. r'pcn.
n s.uyl l.sr ng straw. mooth head.
arge. red grain. Gi iic LAT or only
We rer cent. was w.nter-kil ed Of tho
,Fmer 10 per c,nt. Mart ms Amber
/, ed d II bushels go pounds), ronH
raw. smooth heal. medium amber
= ra n, ripcning Juy2. Landreth Arm.
irnng Welded ~ b shells 5s ponndu),
pen .uly ]. smooth. med un,. amber
gain. lanca tr yc I'D rs bushels
G0 pounds. ,ipe cd July .. wax
e rdpd. large rel berry. Red Russ IN
yielded - bushels (62 poun lsl, ripcaed
urn =, nIe,Ium strong stem, smooth
hoad. ned arm-s32c,i, red gra n. Claw.
son u, cd busIl Is. Sm,oih Velvet
Eaif yieid,d 2I usilel, (62 pounds).
rp ned juno 81, mod nm SIR NJ ITEM,
large. red berry. TIL : nnmi has been
changed to % c'z Long Berry. The
o'her va o. were rem 80 in Yield o.
strength OF sir W. % that W. n d not
Up nix OF them. Prof Latta's comments
are;
1.-The vclvc, Cha 'ontinnes 10 hold
r,t rank, every thing considered. il
was III yaar tn, mot prol fic wheat
grown at the Co lcsc, AMI is -
hardy rs any. Tho stiax is not
strorg enough 10 ST nj wJll on very
rich 80 ls The heads. wbi ID are strong.
ly bearde'l. curyed downward when
ripe, making tic caves on tc bIshy
and d he lIt TO shoe; com ,ac. y. The
nl,y. Fu tz. II an s, He'd res frolifio
II cl nlan and H4ks wheats re epble
each other In general ciaractcr 1t ca a
It -
hardy I:erc. but wncl til, winter isno<
too severe they pro iucc q 2 od yield
The crgNn s 100 siual. h ,wever. 10 b
.nerally opnlgr W th mil er. Tae-
man an. tn can Island. Mcdt rraneao
in ianca 1 racn parently itlrnt cal
They G., sly resemble tho ol Md tsrs
ranean. b l..M .. ~s...
Dseh Med iernre and Lovett aee
two very di aggent wl,Hs tlat night -
~ st ken for each o cr wI,el s.a ding
IN tie fcld i>Dth g very ST II ,traW
and ,rcc, bearded heads wfh bronso
rIi II. The former has he a rcr head
and prod ices u r. rod rael, while
tue pra ~ OF tEbs l,tt E IS Il IN diam
sizc anib.r. Tia ID h'.ai,d tcrr mean
produces ~ o " h AZ u iaVorabIs years.
Int il scr "usly ~ Na2ed by Ia d win
tsrs. Tue L.uv"i 8 HIwor,hy O far.
Il cr cu wat or u re- The irrrman
An be- a~d nd uss IN arc good,
s'nOs t. whcais, r,seinblIng Flltz
wh,n sttHdn In I've le Il, but they
are Int.r. II ore rrdy. and lr,lucs
larcer AMI heavier grain. m1osh
SCOTT, lmpor una colt i5a & r. 10 !seSs
aad n,merman a @ Ill smtoiI W eats
o tho rn.z type. both In appearance
end hardness. Maitn Anab r and
aDireth ar nm st al n'cil n char.
actcr II CT. 7 CIV hive MT sttiined.
ere. the h oh rcputa' on IN " have
torn" elseuhero II y are not ha dy
enough 10 Gu urs seEcre winter. i}c M
rana u gIuwlh and late tg mHtlrc, hcy
are rot well suited 10 tic dtrk, rich
so Is Of tbs SEXTON # the y ate.
AInold's Gold Medal. Arm lbs Hybrid,
Champion Ambcr. Dot and II ch gan
Wax arc not con Il Fed wor by of fur
ther tr q on the ol 70 farm.
Fight p cls o. sesi pr acre gave She
highest y ed. w: 81 bushels. Ssyea
rcc<s tavs a3--sx pccks. 33--fvs
ecks, '2-foir y ck. 3J--tyo picks,
y. Rolling after seed ng Il Il no good.
tn ugh the 40 Twas not dry. auichin4
ncr,a ed the yield over h &C bu bei- 70
he ar,. Our own mulchin cxpcri-
ncn's h I'VE increas Il .he yicl far tnort
~ All tl,at. bat we have no exact figures
o prcssn'. But the mulch IN 8: be ap-
pli,d ycnly. AMI to d. th by hand 10
n saIinns nn.fly l. R,xruI 49,